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We make and supply medicines and vaccines all around the globe and our teams own every production stage, from creating quality products at our manufacturing sites to designing effective supply forecasting and regulatory inspections; all powered by digital, data and analytics. We operate at impressive scale, producing over 1.7 billion packs of medicine and 767 million vaccine doses in 2021.

We continue to modernise, so we can launch even more new products at speed whilst turbo-charging delivery across our entire portfolio through our relentless focus on quality, safety, and service. The way we work will change. For some, the shift in technology and products will be revolutionary. Our R&D pipeline demands a new kind of supply chain, and we need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of automation and robotics so we can work smarter together.

Global Materials Planner – 9 month Fixed Term Contract
GSK have an exciting opportunity for a Global Materials Planner to join them on a 9-month fixed term secondment. This role is ideally based at GSK House but location may be flexible. As a Global Materials Planner, you will gain central planning experience, working in a dynamic enterprise supply chain team and interacting with a range of cross-functional stakeholders. To thrive in this position, you will need to be an effective communicator and skilled at building relationships both internally and externally.

Role Purpose
This role sits in the API Planning organization within General Medicines Franchise Planning. In this role you will be managing planning activities related to sourcing of key API’s and materials from our Internal and External network.

Responsibilities

• Ensure an appropriate 24 month+ inbound materials supply plan for the therapy, agreed by sites, suppliers and procurement
• Provide input to create a consolidated demand signal into the Procurement and/or External Supply teams, to provide visibility for a minimum 2-year horizon for strategic purchasing processes
• Manage orderbooks and share forecasts with suppliers, ensuring adherence with contractual terms and spend/volume commitments
• Inventory Management - recommending stock policies for APIs in scope, working with supply chain leads to identify saving opportunities and ensuring endorsed strategic stock polices are maintained (internally and VMI)
• Contribute to the operational supplier relationship management process, including monthly / quarterly reviews and supporting strategic supplier reviews with procurement;
• Generating KPI reports and support supplier performance management. (e.g. Monitoring OTIF, adherence to planning parameters, adherence to contractual terms, overall working capital performance versus targets.)
• Ensure security of supply of APIs through effective management of relationships with suppliers, good understanding of changes occurring in the network and establish robust processes within the GSK network to manage API demand and supply.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve operational challenges
• Represent planning in regular governance forums (SCRM, SCIM, PQTS), presenting risks/opportunities and communicating mitigation strategies to influence stakeholders and support enterprise decision making
• Participate in performance improvement projects with sites and procurement to improve service / working capital e.g. VMI

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE – 22nd March 2023

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Why you?

Here at GSK, we are seeking someone that is passionate and able to ‘roll up their sleeves’ when needed and in return we will offer fantastic career progression and the opportunity to engage with Senior Stakeholders, allowing you to shape and contribute to the success of the business.

Basic Qualifications:

• Degree qualified in an appropriate business or technical area
• Pharmaceutical/FMCG experience
• In depth knowledge of supply and demand planning
• Direct experience working in supply chain / material management / planning
• Demonstrable knowledge of Supply Chain Processes and Systems in a business environment
• Strong Excel Skills
• Experience in using SAP for planning purposes
• Analytical skills to effectively interpret data to review and recommend action to resolve supply chain challenges
• Ability to build and maintain an excellent working relationship with key stakeholders
• Experience of working across a complex matrix organization

Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• A qualification in a supply chain related discipline such as logistics, supply management, demand management, operational management etc.
• Experience of building relationships with 3rd party suppliers/CMOs based on trust to deliver performance
• Ability to pull together and lead multi-functional teams to solve complex supply chain problems and present solutions in a concise and easily understood way
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver business objectives
• Have a continuous improvement mindset to drive and deliver better business outcomes
• Experience of working on digital technologies such as QlikView and Power BI

Why GSK?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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